What questions do the philosophies of Averroes and Avicenna allow Europeans to ask/consider?

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Eloy Zarate HIST 2A
16 Questions total
House of Wisdom Study Guide – Part 4
Chapter 8: On the Eternity of the World As you move into the final part of the book, you should understand the different cultures and their respective attitudes toward learning – and its relationship to religion. Hopefully, the cooperative relationship within Islam and the contrast to Christianity is clear. The final section of the text is going to bring the role of rulers to the fore. Pay close attention to Frederick II. Understand his lineage…don’t forget Roger II. Know why both are important!
Overwhelmingly, this part of the book is a review of the major figures and places that the book has covered. Go back through the guide as you read and make sure that you are identifying them correctly. Add the following to your list:
1. St. Thomas Aquinas 2. Averroes – Ibn Rushd 3. Avicenna – Ibn Sina 4. Leonardo of Pisa – Fibonacci 5. Pope Gregory IX
Trace the story of Frederick II. What would he represent today?
1. Why was Frederick ex-communicated….twice? What does this show about the relationship between rulers and the Church?

2. How did European Christians describe Frederick? How does that contrast to the Arab descriptions of Frederick?

3. Consider the story of Frederick’s control of Jerusalem. What has changed since the first chapter on the Crusades? (Read page 167 carefully.) 4. What is the value of “Arab learning” to Frederick? How is Frederick and his reign an important “way station” in the West’s journey toward scientific advances? (p. 171)
In light of Lyons argument about willful forgetting, consider his discussion of Averroes. Very importantly, look at how Averroes is acknowledged in the Renaissance….by Dante and Raphael. What tension or hypocrisy does it reveal?
1. What questions do the philosophies of Averroes and Avicenna allow Europeans to ask/consider?

2. How is the “Eternity of the World” explained by different thinkers? How does Frederick II understand or seek to understand it?

3. How effectively does St. Thomas Aquinas communicate the ideas of the Arab philosophers?
Eloy Zarate HIST 2A
16 Questions total
Most people are quick to recognize that the debate over “Reason and Faith” is a very old one. This chapter has shown some of the major developments of that debate. Think about how this time period shaped our current understandings.
Chapter 9: The Invention of the West Think about the title of this chapter. Most of you have gone through school with a firm understanding of “the West”. You have learned its history – a nice narrative of the rise of the state and progression toward modern democracy. What would it mean that the West is invented? This is the final chapter of the text. Keep the argument of the book in mind. Understand how a “willful forgetting” and an “invention” go hand in hand.
1. Why does the Church give up on “Condemnations?”

2. What shift takes place in education, particularly higher learning?

3. How is Thomas Aquinas meant to resolve this tension? How do you think he resolves the tension?

4. What do the condemnations of 1227 show about the tensions within intellectual traditions? (p. 195)
Lyons ends this chapter with a discussion of Copernicus. What had you learned about him up to this point? Lyons has done this repeatedly throughout the book. He has challenged your understanding of the Crusades, exploration, the “flat earth”…etc. What is the legacy of a “willful forgetting” in your education? How might we better understand the world if we re-incorporate these aspects of the story?

What is the leading cause of death among Pakistani children and how could it be prevented?

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Modern Histrory 2009 to present
• What is the leading cause of death among Pakistani children and how could it be prevented?

I want you to a presentation with 8 slides and 2 slides to reference/ cited work, including pictures. I’m going to provide you with the example of the presentation from another student. Attachment.

What was the attitude of Christian theology towards science (“natural philosophy”) prior to the scientific revolution?

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The state-and-defend is a 1½- to 2-page essay. You must write one short paragraph clearly stating what your answer to the question is, spend several paragraphs giving two or three reasons for your answer and explaining how they support it, and then a few paragraphs responding to one or two potential objections, and conclude with a final summary paragraph there are 3 questions for the state-and-defend. Answer them all in the same format asked above.
1. What was the attitude of Christian theology towards science (“natural philosophy”) prior to the scientific revolution?
2. What is the difference between Lamarckian evolution and Darwinian evolution? How does teleology play into it? Do they pose a problem for the claim that God created the various forms of life?

3. What is the myth of mortification? Give some alleged examples of it and show how they do or do not mortify humanity.
an example is provided in the documents attached, as well as possible sources for material. use any source needed, not necessarily the ones provided. no need to cite within text, just post used sources at the end of each question.

How does technology effect ethics? What are the social, economic, political, and global attributes of your topic?

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THE TOPIC FOR THIS PAPER IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. BELOW ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED REGARDING THIS TOPIC AND MUST USE AT LEAST 10 SOURCES.

Be sure to answer the following questions and topics in your paper in regard to your topic of choice.

1) How does technology effect ethics?

2) What are the social, economic, political, and global attributes of your topic?

3) What are the positive and negative impacts of the topic?  (Be sure to relate this answer to the four areas in #1).

4) Research the related laws, issues and controversies surrounding your topic.

5) Discuss the future of computer ethics regarding your topic.

**In the paper please also discuss AI of smart cars and how that is going to effect laws and who should be responsibility and things down that line. Also, please discuss employment and how AI is affecting that. Once we get to a point of AI, should those robots have rights like humans. How we can keep the AI safe from vulnerabilities and how we can prevent AI from making dumb mistakes**

Identify the two different people or government programs that you will discuss; provide relevant date(s) or time frames.

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ASSIGNMENT 2: THE WRITING GUIDE (HIS105):
In your five paragraph essay using this Writing Guide, use the Schultz class text and at least two of the other sources provided for the topic you chose. Note, you need to include a list of Sources at the end (next page below); also you must cite each of those sources in the body of your paper with short in-text citations. Be sure to review the instruction sheet for Assignment 2. Also, see the help sheet called “Sources and Tips for Assignment 2”. That help sheet also explains about length and provides other tips.
Introduction
In your introduction section, cover the information listed in the bullets below. Your introduction should be one paragraph in length:
• Identify the two different people or government programs that you will discuss; provide relevant date(s) or time frames.
• Describe what you will cover in the paper.

HISTORY AND ISSUES
In two paragraphs, do the following:
For Topic Choice One: Describe briefly the background of each person’s early struggles or success at business development and the motivations. Describe key innovations in strategy that led to success. Devote one paragraph to each person and strategy.
For Topic Choice Two: Describe briefly the background of each government program and what motivated its proposal and passage. Describe the impact of each program on the economy. Devote one paragraph to each program and strategy.

COMPARISON
In your comparison paragraph, evaluate what you see as the strengths and weaknesses of each, and the impact of each in that period of history. Explain which approach you favor and why.

CONCLUSION
In your conclusion paragraph, identify similar issues or approaches that developed later, and any similar issues or approaches today.

How have the steps and measures taken to improve aviation security since 9/11 contributed to the lack of success of the terrorists? Explain.

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Airport Screenings & Public Security Policy.

The purpose of this assignment is to explore the topic of aviation security as it relates to public safety policy and the issue of individual privacy. You have been directed to write a policy memo for your boss, who is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and serves on the House Committee on Homeland Security (House Committee on Homeland Security Web site). Using the resources provided below, as well information from resources you identify through your own research efforts, your assignment is to craft a briefing memo of 900–1,200 words that focuses on the questions posed below.

Assignment Guidelines

Students must address the following in 2-3 pages:
The United States, as well as many other countries and airlines, had experienced criminal and terrorist incidents before September 11, 2001. Why had previous incidents not resulted in the dramatic increases in and focus on aviation security that the 9/11 attacks did? Explain.
How was 9/11 different from an aviation security standpoint? Explain.
While there have been further attempts to strike the United States by attacking commercial aircraft since 9/11 (e.g., the “shoe bomber” and the “underwear” bomber), none have been successful. How have the steps and measures taken to improve aviation security since 9/11 contributed to the lack of success of the terrorists? Explain.
What role did the various layers of aviation security play in preventing the attempted attacks after 9/11? Explain.
Were the effective layers tactical, policy driven, or a combination of both? Explain.
Since the regulation that requires the aircraft’s cockpit door to be bullet-proof and securely locked before the aircraft leaves the terminal took effect, it is, for all practical purposes, impossible for a terrorist passenger to gain control of an aircraft. Given this change in risk profile, are other layers of security as necessary as before? Why or why not?
Given the number of years after 9/11 without successful aviation attacks, should some security procedures be relaxed? Why or why not?
What are the vulnerabilities and risks if they were? Explain.
Do not write possible scenarios here; rather, identify points of failure and other threats or risks to the aircraft, passengers, and nation).
TSA agents have the right to physically inspect any and all material and persons who are boarding or being loaded onto an aircraft in the United States. With X-ray machines, bomb-sniffing machines, and dogs checking all luggage and passengers, are physical inspections of luggage that allow TSA agents open and look through personal bags necessary? Why or why not?
What are the laws that provide TSA with their authority? Describe them.
Are the practices undertaken by TSA too intrusive? Why or why not?
The Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights provides protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. How should the United States balance that right against the security needs of the flying public? Explain.
Has a balance been reached?
If not, in what direction do the scales need to be tipped and how?
Compile your responses in your final policy memo, and submit the file to your instructor.

Are there limits to what the SIGINT should collect, and report on? Who sets the standards? Should SIGINT be used to support domestic law enforcement? Etc.

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Signals Intelligence collection has had a profound impact in the modern era where concerns on the protection of civil rights and privacy are of significant concern. The use of mass surveillance systems coupled with the modern threat environment leaves many questioning on whether to clamor for more security or more protections against the invasion of privacy. Assess and describe the ideal framework of Signals Intelligence in terms of what should be collected, retained, and reported on given the modern-day threat environment.

Question 2: Ethically, are there limits to what the SIGINT should collect, and report on? Who sets the standards? Should SIGINT be used to support domestic law enforcement? Etc.

**Please use the sources provided**

Why were language and religion so important to the creation of a unique African American culture?

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Discussion: How Language and Religion Shape Culture.

Directions

Respond to these prompts:

  • Why were language and religion so important to the creation of a unique African American culture?
  • How do language and religion continue to shape all different cultural identities in America today?

Module Readings:

https://cel.fscj.edu/LOR/amh/2092/5

Evaluate the importance of the California State Park System as a form of environmentalism. Include 2 different parks as an example in your writing.

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Evaluate the importance of the California State Park System as a form of environmentalism. Include 2 different parks as an example in your writing.

Using the P.A.P.E.R. technique as well as guidelines provided by your instructors, discuss how and why your chosen primary source is important to your topic of study.

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Topic:  Theme VII:       “A Few Inconvenient Truths”  Humanity and Its Environment
In the ancient and medieval worlds, Nature was both the greatest benefactor and the greatest threat to humanity.  Over the centuries, civilizations and cultures have had to learn to live within their environmental and topographical means; to do otherwise was to court extinction.  Your task is to research how the environment was conceptualized and dealt with by at least two but no more than three cultures/civilizations and develop your topic.  From this, come up with a thesis that addresses the larger ideas surrounding humanity’s relationship with the natural world.

In the ancient and medieval worlds, Nature was both the greatest benefactor and the greatest threat to humanity.  Over the centuries, civilizations and cultures have had to learn to live within their environmental and topographical means; to do otherwise was to court extinction.  Your task is to research how the environment was conceptualized and dealt with by at least two but no more than three cultures/civilizations and develop your topic.  From this, come up with a thesis that addresses the larger ideas surrounding humanity’s relationship with the natural world.

Instructions:

2) Document Analysis Paper 2 Length: 500 words Due: Monday, February 17 in Section (5%)

Analyze one of the primary sources you will be using for your paper.  Using the P.A.P.E.R. technique as well as guidelines provided by your instructors, discuss how and why your chosen primary source is important to your topic of study.  Be sure to address the larger historiographical issues associated with your chosen source.

Sources that I must use:

Materials from JSTOR (www.jstor.org)  Google Scholar (www.scholar.google.com) may be used to search for Secondary Sources.

Textbook: Berger, E., et al., World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500. History Open Textbooks 2
https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/history-textbooks/2/

GENERAL PAPER GUIDELINES

The following guidelines are applicable for all writing assignments.  Failure to comply with these guidelines will result in grade penalties above and beyond the normal grading procedures.

  1. PLACE YOUR TA’S NAME ON THE FIRST PAGE.  INCLUDE FINAL WORD COUNT FOR MAIN BODY OF TEXT. PLACE YOUR NAME ON THE BACK OF THE LAST PAGE.
    2.   Papers must be typed (i.e., word-processed), double-spaced on 8 ½ x 11″ paper.
    3.   A 1″ border (no more, no less) for the top, bottom, right, and left margins.
    4.   Typeface shall be no larger than 12 point.   Fonts should be either Times New Roman or New Century Schoolbook.
    5.   Paper length is measured by the number of words in the main body of the text–not footnotes/endnotes as well.
    6.   In writing their papers, students must use the Chicago Manual of Style method for Citations, Bibliographies, as well as other matters.
    https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/chicago_manual_17th_edition/cmos_formatting_and_style_guide/chicago_manual_of_style_17th_edition.html
    7.       Plagiarism will be dealt with severely following the FAU guidelines for dealing with Academic Integrity.  (Consult your UG Catalogue/syllabus for the procedures). Use these as your guidelines and let it be known now that we have unfortunately had to deal with this is the past—an unpleasant but necessary duty that we take quite seriously.